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Bob E. Hayes, chief research officer at Business Over Broadway and this week's big data and analytics hero, discusses his own big data learning curve. Looking ahead, he cites the critical need for statistical literacy to become widespread if society hopes to achieve the full value of big data and...

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David Birmingham, senior solutions architect at Brightlight Analytics and this week's big data and analytics hero, discusses the power of simplification in big data and analytics architectures. At the same time, he expands on the notion that scalability is the ultimate criterion of whether...

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Security Industry Analyst and this week's Big Data and Analytics Hero Richard Stiennon offers his views on big data and analytics, especially as they pertain to cybersecurity and today's rising challenges that cyber threats create for commerce, education, government and other sectors.

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Jennifer Shin, principal data scientist at 8 Path Solutions, is this week’s big data and analytics hero. Read along as she discusses her thoughts about the blend of skills that makes data scientists effective, elaborating on the need for both technical and organizational skills.

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Fern Halper discusses her thoughts on the biggest challenges for companies when they decide to get started with big data and analytics and explains why she believes tomorrow’s generation should acquire analytic skills, no matter the degree—because it’s going to be hard to escape the data deluge.

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This week’s Big Data & Analytics hero is Khaled Al-Shami, head of enterprise asset management solutions at Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC). He says that having visibility into accurate data about your assets at the right time is crucial to achieve success in the construction industry,...

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Gil Betz, CSO at Metro United Way and this week's Big Data & Analytics Hero, says “analytics helps us evaluate where and how to invest donors’ money for the best outcome.” He goes on to share that “cognitive computing technology is not a frill—it is the engine for our transformation.”

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Christopher Morkunas, Data Governance Manager of Safety Insurance Company and this week’s Big Data & Analytics hero, says his executives were really bothered that their “company still did not have a single version of the truth” despite the fact that they have been in business for a long time,...

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This week’s IBM Big Data & Analytics hero, James Taylor, CEO of Decision Management Solutions, says that too many projects “start with the data [and] then hope that this will improve the business.” Taylor advocates for businesses to “begin with the decision in mind.”

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Kent Collins, Database Solutions Architect of BNSF and this week’s Big Data Hero, tells us of the profound value of data to the railroad and shares that the “data services area is the cornerstone of the railroad.”

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Kenneth Cukier, data editor at The Economist magazine and co-author of book Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think, is this week’s Big Data and Analytics Hero. Kenneth insists that “the strategy is not the answer, but the data is, in a constant feedback loop. The...

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Farouk FerchichiChief Data Officer & Head of Business Intelligence at Toyota Financial Services

Farouk Ferchichi, chief data officer and head of business intelligence at Toyota Financial Service, and this week’s Big Data & Analytics Hero, shares insight into Toyota's journey to improve their customer experience by leveraging data and analytics.